Organization and Operations
The Ontario Provincial Police is responsible for providing policing services over one million square kilometres of land and 174 000 km2 of water to a population of 2.3 million people (3.6 million in the summer months). Currently, the O.P.P. has over 6,100 uniformed, 850 auxiliary and 2,700 civilian personnel(2010). The vehicle fleet consists of 2,290 vehicles, 114 marine vessels, 286 snow and all-terrain vehicles, 2 helicopters and 2 fixed-wing aircraft.
The province is divided into six operational regions:
- Central (headquartered in Orillia)
- East (headquartered in Smiths Falls)
- Highway Safety Division (HSD; headquartered in Aurora)
- North-East (headquartered in North Bay)
- North-West (headquartered in Thunder Bay)
- West (headquartered in London)
Field and operational services are provided from 163 police stations and satellite locations throughout Ontario. OPP stations are called "detachments."
The OPP General Headquarters are located in Orillia. Until 1995, the administration and headquarters divisions operated out of a number of buildings in Toronto. From 1973 to 1995 the headquarters were based out of the old Workmen's Compensation Board Building at 90 Harbour Street (now being demolished). Operations were moved to Orillia as part of a government move to decentralize ministries and operations to other parts of Ontario. In 1922, the OPP headquarters was on the second floor of the Legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto.
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